Kyiv’s curfew has been lifted, and special trains are being used to transport students to the western border: Embassy of India

The weekend curfew in Kyiv, the country’s capital, has been removed, according to the Indian embassy in Ukraine. The embassy further stated that the Ukrainian Railway is operating special evacuation trains, and that students should report to the railway station to board trains bound for the western borders, where they will be airlifted.

“Kyiv has loosened its weekend curfew. All students should proceed to the railway station in order to continue their journeys to the western portions. Ukraine Railways is putting together special evacuation trains “India is in Ukraine, according to a tweet.

As Russian forces press for control of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv authorities last week tightened curfew rules in the city, declaring that offenders would be deemed enemy saboteurs.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine expands, scores of Indian nations are stranded in Kyiv and other regions of the country. The evacuation was halted last Thursday after Russian soldiers began bombarding the country’s eastern regions, forcing Ukraine’s airspace to be closed.

The Indian government then decided to fly its stranded nationals from neighbouring nations to war-torn Ukraine. Officials set up connection with neighbouring countries in order to activate alternate routes.

The embassy has encouraged Indian citizens to travel to Ukraine’s western borders and cross into neighbouring nations, where they will be flown. Since then, six flights under the ‘Operation Ganga’ have returned over 1000 Indians to their homeland.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier. He had urged them to work out their differences via dialogue and expressed concern over the safety of thousands of Indian students and professionals trapped in Ukraine’s subterranean bunkers.